Pine Tree groups

These pines were planted by the grandson of the last miller in the 1960s. Having good relations with the forestry and helping with the tree plantings of that time, he took some and planted them on his property in this place. They are some of the hundreds of thousands of seedlings that grew in the island's nurseries, in Kalamos, Myrtidia and other places. The rough and dry landscape of Kythera began to change, after the implementation of the grand “total development” plan of the island, when, after the call of the then Bishop of Kythera Meletios, a mission of the World Council of Churches came to the island, led by the Dutch engineer George Coxman and the woman of Anna. The first of the ten points of this program was the planting of trees and under the supervision of the forestry officer of the Forestry Service Ioannis Zerlentes, residents and other institutions, most of the semi-natural armored areas that exist today on the island were shaped. Pinus halepensis is a very widespread Mediterranean species, from which resin is collected and produces medium quality wood. It is a beekeeping tree due to the honey produced by the insect Marcalina hellenica (vamvakada). The spread and the high density of the insect population, however, causes significant damage to pine trees and lately there is research on how to limit it.